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Dog and Cat Food Nutrition: Page 36
Nutrition
Superfoods as petfood ingredients
The petfood industry is seeing a clear trend of interest in specialty petfood ingredients. Even as the standard petfood market slows, the functional, nutrition-focused, lifestage-specific, customized premium and superpremium segments are steaming ahead. One of the side effects of this consumer shift is an increased look at so-called superfoods and their use in petfood formulas.
Nutrition
Zinc sources: A matter of choice in the petfood industry
Zinc is an essential dietary element that can be found in many natural mineral deposits. There are several forms available in the market that are used to supplement petfoods.
Pet Food Market
NutriFusion expands into petfood with nutrient-dense products
NutriFusion, a company that focuses on adding natural nutrients from fruits and vegetables into food processors’ products, initially had no plans to expand into petfood. But once they did, they saw immediate growth.
Pet Food News
Naturally Splendid moves forward with HempOmega petfood development
Naturally Splendid Enterprises has signed a research and product development service agreement with the Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development's Food Science and Technology Centre in Brooks, Alberta, Canada.
Nutrition
Marine algae may improve cognitive function in older dogs
Whole-cell, micro-algae offers the pet industry a sustainable fish oil alternative that may improve cognitive function in aging dogs.
Pet Food Ingredients
Adding a little color to petfoods—naturally
There are numerous “colors” that have been used in petfoods for decades.
Pet Food Ingredients
NutriFusion formulates nutrient-rich products for pets
NutriFusion, a provider of natural nutrition and phytonutrient products for food manufacturers, has extended its flagship ingredient, GrandFusion, into the petfood sector.
Market Trends and Reports
Controlling pet odor through petfood nutrition
Research is constantly being conducted to determine the best ways to balance pet health and wellness and consumer desire to keep their furry friends from smelling up their homes.
Pet Food Market
New product development: Reinventing the shelf with petfood-enhancing products
"When I looked at the category of petfood toppers, I found it to be absurdly lacking in healthfulness, logic and value,"? Clear Conscience Pet founder Anthony Bennie says. "But the concept of adding a healthy gravy to petfood for a reasonable cost had great appeal for me after selling millions of bags of petfoods and still hearing from a certain percentage of pet guardians that their animals were never really enthusiastic about food, or even worse, didn't eat well regularly at all."
Nutrition
Nutrition and the working canine: More from the power of protein in dog food
Dr. Joseph J. Wakshlag explains the importance of protein, carbohydrates, fat and supplements for working canines in his 2014 Petfood Forum presentation.
Pet Food Ingredients
The power of protein in petfood for dogs
Protein has many functions in a companion animal’s body, but is best known for supplying amino acids to build hair, skin, nails, muscles, tendons, ligaments and cartilage. Protein also plays a primary role in hormone and enzyme production. The protein in petfoods can be supplied by animal sources, plant sources or a combination of the two.
Nutrition
Petfood palatability: More information from AFB International
AFB International launched their Palatants Plus blog at www.palatantsplus.com. The blog is designed to share the latest petfood palatability research and developments with petfood industry professionals and how it can enhance petfood performance. Current topics include collaborative innovation, liquid palatants and tracking palatability.
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